This year, choose creative holiday gifts that are sure to make a splash with customers and top performers. Buy tickets to the symphony and have a messenger...More
Gift-giving etiquette in a corporate setting can be a tricky. What's fitting for one person could be taboo for another. Here are tips to help you choose...More
Glass painter Marj Kocher is used to and when she demonstrates her craft. The Auburn, Calif. based artist paints on French crystal goblets, martini glasses,...More
Follow these tips to make sure that room amenities make it into your attendees' hands: At the pre-con, make sure the hotel has scheduled enough staff...More
What do my players really want? Golf event planners often find themselves asking that question when choosing player gifts and prizes. In essence, what...More
Joint survey between Corporate Meetings & Incentives and the Incentive Research Foundation finds that merchandise incentives are on the rise again—and 2011 is the transitional year....More
Gift cards come in many flavors, but the most common for an incentive program is the reloadable card, which can be used over and over. A company can continue...More
As more organizations get serious about incentivizing employee behaviors, it was only a matter of time before employee wellness became a target. Because...More
To find out, we asked Howard Trilling, vice president of marketing for American Identity, which provides corporate identity and incentive merchandise....More
More than one in three U.S. companies used incentive travel or merchandise to recognize or motivate employees last year, according to recent research...More
Meeting Professionals at the more than 5,000 financial and insurance companies that fall under the regulatory authority of NASD (formerly the National...More
Beware of giving lavish promotional gifts that have no direct connection to your business. That's the message from a recent clampdown by the Internal...More
THE MERCHANDISE INDUSTRY is undergoing a shift as more companies realize what an effective motivator the right gift can be. Not only are more companies...More
IN THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF INCENTIVES, one thing is constant: Companies will always use incentives to change the way people behave, says Jim Bufton,...More
ONLINE CATALOGS ARE BECOMING more sophisticated. These Web-based programs offer winners the freedom to select awards without being confined to a printed...More
When Brokerage Financial Inc. executives heard that their top producers were increasingly unhappy with the company's traditional travel incentive program,...More
While there has been a certification program for incentive travel professionals for some time, the merchandise side of the business never had one. Until...More
When debit cards debuted in the 1990s, they were just another form of cash. Winners could their award anywhere that accepted credit cards. Before long,...More
